Cue-tip.



P. BALZANO.

DUE TIP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.14,1913.

1,089,81 2. Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

WITNESSES. llVl/E/VTUR M J! BY I 1- COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH CO.,WASH|NUTON. 0. c4

TE I" ES PATET @FFICE.

PETER BALZANO, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CUE-TIP.

"atented Mar. 10, 1914:.

Serial No. 748,370.

To all whom it may concern,

Be it known that 1, Permit BALZANO, a subject of Victor Immanuel 111, King of Italy, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cue-Tips, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Hy invention relates to a new and improved one tip, having for its object, among other things, to construct the tip so that it may be used with my improved mechanism for securing the same to a cue, as set forth in Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,046,371, issued to me December 3, 1912, and which will enlarge the scope and usefulness of said mechanism, that is, enable it to e used for tips that are not at present adapted thereto.

To these, and other ends, my invention consists in the one tip, having certain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals of reference designate like parts in the several figures; Figure 1 is a sectional view of the end of a one with my innproved tip attached thereto; Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the tip; and liig. 8 is a view of the anvil washer.

I have shown. in Fig. 1, a sectional view of the end of a billiard cue, which is designated by the numeral 1, upon the end of which is fixed the ferrule 2, having a stud 3 thereon, onto which is threaded the base l').l()(jl(%l:,l12tVll1g prongs 5 thereon. The base block herein shown is of substantially the same construction as that shown in the patent above referred to, and is applied to the stud 3 in the manner therein described. The stud 5) is of such length that it projects slightly beyond the face of the base block. The tip 6 is of the usual form and provided with an annular recess 9 in its flat face, in the bottom of which is the anvil washer 7 that surrounds the core 8.

When the parts are assembled the prongs on the base block project into the tip (3, through the recess 9 as shown in Fig. l, and the core 8 is in contact with the end of the plug 3, which is slightly advanced beyond the front face of the block f, as above described, thereby providing an unyielding backing for substantially the entire flat face of the tip.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, a cue; a one tip, having a recess in the tint face thereof surrounding a central core; an anvil washer in the bottom of said recess; a ferrule upon said one, having;- a stud therein that contacts with said core; and a pronged base block mounted upon said stud with its outer face slightly below the end of said stud.

2. In combination, a cue; a ferrule eonnccted therewith, having a stud thereon; a one tip, having; a recess in its flat face sun rounding a. core, the axis of which is coincident with that of said stud; an anvil washer within said recess; a base block, havingprongs thereon, connected with said stud so that the outer face thereof is slightly below the end of said stud, said prongs being); so arranged that they enter said recess and are turned outwardly and into the said tip when they engage said anvil washer and hold said tip with its flat face against the end of said stud and the face of said base block, the various flat portions of said face of said tip then occiniying dill'crcnt planes.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

llltllllt B A LZ A N0. Witnesses:

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Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

